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Jerome Parker Educational Campus (MS/HS 64R):
Human Body Systems and Diseases

Librarian: Patricia Sarles, PSarles@schools.nyc.gov
Grade Levels: 6-12

  1. Purchases made with Library REACH Funds: Books

  1. Content area addressed: history/social sciences/science/technical subjects to fill in gaps in the collection so that the library collection could be better aligned with the Common Core

  1. Worked with which teachers: 7th grade science teacher, Ms. Barranco (Marsh Avenue School);, AP biology teacher Kim Lombardi (College of Staten Island HS); and AP English teacher, Heather Prevosti (College of Staten Island HS)

  1. Title of Project(s) implemented: Human Body Systems and Diseases
  2. Description of Lesson (Students came into the library to do research for a project on the human body and what could go wrong with the different body systems).
- Resources Used Web 2.0 tools: (wikispaces, stich.it, sidevibe),

New Books:
- Human, by Robert M L Winston; Don E Wilson; Smithsonian

- One Million Things Human Body, by Richard Walker

- Photographic atlas of the body, by Science Photo Library

- Body: the complete human: how it grows, how it works, and how to keep it healthy and strong, by Patricia Daniels

- Human body systems: maintaining the body's functions, by Sharon Katz Cooper

- Major organs: sustaining life, by Sharon Katz Cooper

- The way we work: Getting to know the amazing human body, by David Macaulay; Richard Walker

- Human body: A visual guide, by Beverly McMillan

- Open me up, by Laura Buller

- Human body, by Steve Parker

- The human body book, by Steve Parker

- The complete human body: The definitive visual guide, by Alice M Roberts;

- Encyclopedia of the human body, by Richard Walker

- Ouch!: How your body makes it through a very bad day, by Richard Walker

- Move your body!: Bones and muscles, by Steve Parker

- Grade Levels (7th)
- Lesson Goal (students were to research a disease/disorder that effects two body systems, i.e. cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy and create a paper report or a power point and then give an oral presentation in order to teach others what they learned)
- 1 page summary of lesson plan as an attachment
How do you know the goal was achieved? – the teacher told me she got back some excellent reports and power point presentations

  1. Tips on implementing at another school: Create a wiki for the project, or if you have libguides, a libguide, include the project requirements on the wiki, look up what books you have in your collection and make a list of them on the wiki, preferably with pictures of the cover so it looks attractive to students so that students are encouraged to use books; make a list of web sites by researching ahead of time what web sites might be helpful for the students’ project; create a web site presentation using stich.it so that you can go through each Web site seamlessly during your class presentation; create a “sidevibe” for a few of the Web sites so that students are not only more engaged in the reading, but so that they are also motivated to read what they find on the Web

  1. Lessons learned: I learned that the students really enjoyed using the sidevibe, and they really enjoyed using the wiki as a starting point; books were still not the main attraction.

  1. Plans for usage of material next year: the materials I now have in my library will be useful for many years to come. I will now have more resources to use with my students. I did not have a good collection of books in history/social science and science/technical subjects before receiving this grant.
For pictures, you can visit my wiki here: http://marshavenuelibrary.wikispaces.com









Lesson Plan: Human Body Systems and Diseases
Common Core Writing Standards 7, 8, 9 (Research to Build and Present Knowledge): Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions; Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions for further research and investigation.
Lesson Objective: Students will use a variety of materials (both print and online) in the library to research a disease or disorder that affects two body systems and do a class presentation about that disease or disorder as well as a paper report or Power Point presentation to be handed into the teacher.
Web 2.0 Resources:
http://marshavenuelibrary.wikispaces.com
http://stich.it
http://sidevibe.com
Databases: Gale’s Health Reference Center
Several print resources
Hardware: Laptop, projector, screen, Internet access
Procedures:
  1. Set up equipment ahead of the class arriving
  2. Prepare wiki, stich, and sidevibe ahead of time
  3. Show students the wiki that I created for their class assignment
  4. Show students the stich that I created, walking them through the different Web sites
  5. Demonstrate the sidevibe I created, showing students how to sign up for an account and how to use it
  6. Bring students into the lab and have them create a sidevibe account (no student email addresses are necessary).
  7. Have students log into their student accounts, open up the sidevibe and begin surfing and reading the Web sites in the vibe.
  8. Walk around lab and help students individually, encouraging them to read the Web site in order to answer the questions.